Abbey Lincoln Smithsonian Interview Block 299 (Q12057)

I was living in Los Angeles. I never dreamed I'd come to Los Angeles, let alone New York, and I didn't know what New York was. I'd heard about it, I guess, but I got here and there were no trees and I thought I can't live here. It was weird to me. I was at the Wellington Hotel, and I was offered a job with Cab Calloway in the park, and for the first time I saw Central Park West and I knew I co ...